Equifax, an American company that offers credit rating and theft protection solutions, has been violated, exposing 143 personal data to millions of Americans, that is, half the country.
It sounds ironic, that the company Equifax, one of the largest US credit rating agencies, admitted today that it had suffered a massive violation of its data somewhere between mid-May and July, and discovered it on July 29. However, it is unknown why Equifax took 6 weeks to inform millions of affected customers about the massive breach of security.
The stolen data includes consumer names, social security numbers, birth dates (for 143 million citizens), and in some cases, driving license numbers, and credit card numbers (for about 209.000 citizens).
The company reported leaked some personal information about residents of Kanda and Britain. In addition, three senior Equifax executives, John Gamble (CFO), Joseph Loughran and Rodolfo Ploder, sold their shares worth about $ 2 million a few days after the company learned about this huge hack.
If you have a relationship with this company or are active in America it is advisable to visit the website http://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com to check if your information has been stolen.
